Figma Adds 20 MCP Partners as Dylan Field Warns Protocol Favors Frontier AI Labs
Figma adds 20 MCP partners despite CEO Dylan Field warning the AI protocol favors frontier labs and wider data access could increase abuse risks for users.
Summary
As of October 20, 2026, Figma is expanding support for model context protocol, the open source standard connecting AI agents with external data and tools. At its first Config conference in India, Figma announced 20 new MCP partners, including Amp, ClickUp, Dia, Junie by JetBrains, Linear, Meta Muse, Mistral, Notion, OpenCode and Sarvam Agents.
CEO and co-founder Dylan Field called MCP imperfect, said it has substantial room for improvement and argued that it advantages frontier AI labs. On September 30, 2026, he questioned why MCP creator Anthropic does not expose Artifacts and other cloud resources through the protocol, saying the open versus closed debate overlooks asymmetric context sharing. His comments followed an MCP co-creator's complaint that Figma did not support the open source tool Pi, which Field later said Figma plans to support.
Field said Figma wants users to access its data and is opening its ecosystem, but greater MCP exposure raises the chance of abuse. Although most users have no malicious intent, that risk prevents Figma from becoming fully open.
Positives
- Figma announced 20 new MCP partners at its first Config conference in India.
- Amp, ClickUp, Mistral, Notion and six other named platforms are joining Figma's expanded MCP ecosystem.
- Field confirmed that Figma plans to support the open source tool Pi.
- Figma wants users to access its data through MCP while continuing to open its ecosystem.
Risks & concerns
- Field said MCP is imperfect, requires substantial improvement and advantages frontier AI labs.
- Greater exposure of Figma data through MCP could increase abuse, preventing the company from becoming fully open.
- Field said Anthropic does not expose Artifacts and other cloud resources through the protocol it created.
- An MCP co-creator criticized Figma for not supporting Pi before Field confirmed that support is planned.